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DISLOYALTY ALLEGED.
Counter Attacks Agains
Allies Repulsed.
FALL OF LASSIGNY NEAR
Expected Occupation of Town
to Swing Germans Back
East and West.
BIG RETIREMENT EXPECTED
Desperate Sacrifices Made by
Huns to Stem Progress of
Entente Forces.
LONDON, Aug. 12. The massif of
Lassigny, three miles northeast of
Gury, in Picardy, was expected to be
in the possession of the allies by
nightfall, according to military opin
ion today. It was stated that the al
lies were on the crest of the high
ground and firing into the .Germans
from the rear.
It has been ascertained that there is
one Austrian division on the western
front, but it has not yet been brought
into action.
PARIS, Aug. 12. French troops
have captured the town of Gury, about
eight and one-half miles south of
Roye, according to the French official
communication issued tonight. Two
counter-attacks against the positions
held by the French and Americans on
the Vesle River near Fismes have
been repulsed. The text of the com.
munication follows:
. , "Between the Avre and the Oise our
troops have captured the village- of
Gury. We have made some progress
to the north of Roye-Sur-Matz and
Chevincourt.
Two Violent Attacks Beaten.
- "On the Vesle front we have re
pulsed two violent counter-attacks
against our positions on the north
bank of the etream in the region of
Fismes.
Aviators Keep Busy.
"Army of the East, Aug. 11-12.
Calm has prevailed on the whole of
the front. French aviators have bom
barded enemy encampments to the
northeast of Monastir and to the
east of Seres."
"Aviation During the day of An
gust 11 our bombing squadrons car
ried out successful operations over the
enemy lines. Concentration centers,
road crossings, bridges and railroads
were copiously drenched with projec,-tiles.
"Marching columns were subjected
to machine gun fire. The important
center of communication of Porqueri
eourt received for its part 17 tons of
explosives during the day.
Numerous Transports Bottled.
"Numerous transports have been
bottled up. A total of 57 tons were
dropped, of which 22 tons fell during
the night on the . regions of Ham,
Noyon, Guiscard and Tergnier.
"The same day 15 airplanes and
four captive balloons were downed and
21 machines were put out of action by
our pilots, operating in collaboration
with American crews."
Action Follows That Recently Taken
by Pacific Tnlon Club in
the Same City.
SAtf FRANCISCO. Aug. (Spe
clal.) By unanimous vote the direc
ton of the University Club, of San
Francisco, have barred Hearst's Ex
amlner and all his other dally news
papers from the institution because of
alleged disloyalty both before and after
the United States entered the war
against Germany.
The club has a membership of over
TOO college graduates and is one of the
most widely recognized organizations
of its kind In the United States.
It Is said that the members have Ions;
felt aggrieved over Hearst's alleged
pro-Germanism, and the formal edict
of throwing out the Hearst papers by
the management is the culmination of
general anger and dissatisfaction over
that newspaper owner's conduct since
the great war began in July of 1914,
The University Club is the second
big institution of its kind in San Fran
cisco to bar the Hearst publications.
The Pacific Union Club, by unanimous
vote of its directors, took similar
action several months ago.
The action of these two clubs is of
especial significance. San Francisco
Is Hearst's home city. He began his
newspaper career here with the Ex
amlner. In addition Hearst is a uni
versity man. Harvard is his Alma
Mater.
SCORE OF VESSELS
SUNK BY U-BOATS
LONDON, Aug. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The allies have cap
tured the town of Gury, on the right
flank of the Somme battlefront, ac
cording to news from the front this
morning.
The French War Office, in Sunday
morning's statement, announced that
the French had reached the outskirts
of Gury. . This town is an important
point on the Lassigny massif, within
two miles of Lassigny itself, which
is the immediate French objective in
this sector, possession of which would
be likely to cause a considerable re
tirement by the Germans both, to the
ast and the west on this end of the
battle line.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Although the Germans
have been reinforced and are resist
ing more strongly between the Avre
and the Oise, their fresh divisions
have been unable entirely to stop the
advancing French, who now have a
firm hold on Thiescourt plateau. South
of Roye and northwest of Noyon the
French hold positions that command
the only roads leading from Roye and
Bibecourt toward Noyon over which
WOODSAW SONG DISTURBS
Raucous Voice Early in Morning
Suggests Need of law.
A noisy woodsaw disturbed the early
morning slumbers of residents in the
vicinity of Twentieth and Glisan
streets yesterday to such an extent
that numerous complaints were regis
tered at the police department. The
complaints were referred to the City
Attorney's office and finally reached the
desk of Deputy City Attorney Hindman.
Investigation failed to disclose any
legislation barring wood sawyers from
operating in the early morning hours.
ence a report from Mr. Hindman to
the council recommending an ordi
nance prohibiting operation of wood
says prior to 7 A. M.
"The woodsaw complained of roused
me from sleep at an early hour Monday
morning, said Mr. Hindman, as he
wrote his 'report, "but I was powerless
to take action, as the confounded ma
Chine was sawing my wood." .
INGLEY SLACKERS LOSE
Claims of Four Alleged Divinity Stu
dents Rejected by Crowder.
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Wash., Aug.
2. The claims for exemption of five
former students at the School of An
tiquity, Point Loma, Cal., charging they
had been wrongfully inducted into the
rmy while divinity students, were de
led in a ruling received here today
from Provost Marshal-General Crowder.
General Crowder indorsed the ma
jority action of the district board for
Point Loma, which held the institution
was not a school of divinity as that
term generally Is known, and that the
men must serve in the Army.
The students are Iverson Harris, Jr.,
former secretary to Mrs. Tingley; Rob
ert M. McAlpln, Sven H. Barton, Robert
B. Good and R. W. Dunn.
Mate of-Kate Palmer
Tells of Raids.
POISON SPREAD OVER OCEAN
Forty Boats Filled With Men
Are Sent Adrift.
ONE DIVER BELIEVED SUNK
British and Swedish Steamships
Sent Down by Enemy Submarine
East of Xantucket -Some
Survivors Land.
WEDDING MARKET IS BRISK
August Promises to Excel in Number
of Licenses Issued.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 11. (Spe
cial.) The war probably Is responsible
for the many marriages taking place
In Vancouver. More than a dozen
couples were married today, about half
of them being above 31 years of age.
To date this month 120 marriage
licenses have been issued. In July there
were 214 Issued and 214 in June.- Au
gust will make a record lf the present
rate is maintained.
It is believed that the coming draft
of men from SI to 45 years has had
something to do with the sudden In'
crease of licenses issued.
AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. 12. The
number of fishing vessels destroyed by
a German submarine in its raid on the
fleet of George's Banks last Saturday
night was nearer a score than the nine
already reported, according to men
from one of the vessels' brought here
today. ,
Andrew St. . Croix,, mate of the Kate
Palmer, says from the crosstrees of his
vessel he saw .the .sinking of seven
other schooners by bombs and that be
fore the submarine came into view he
had counted 11 other explosions at in
tervals of 15 minutes or half an hour.
Reckoning that one bomb was used for
each vessel, the' mate believes the 11
explosions represented the sinking of
that many-vessels. The submarine did
not use its guns as far as he observed.
According to the mate there were
from 25 to SO swordrishlng vessels op
erating on the banks and the greater
number were stink. He estimated that
at least 40 boatloads of men were set
adrift as a result of the raid. St. Croix
and his two companions were picked
up by a ' motor-boat after they had
rowed and sailed about 150 miles.
BOSTON, Aug. 12. Intimation that
the fish supply might be reduced be
cause of the operations of a German
submarine off George's Bank was .sent
today to the fisheries division of the
Food Administration at Washington by
James 3. Phelan, assistant food admin
istrator of this state.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12,-as from
oil discharged on the water by , the
German submarine operating off the
middle Atlantic Coast overcame six
men in the coast guard station and
lighthouse on Smith's Island, North
Carolina, Saturday evening, the Navy
Department was advised today by the
commandant of the Sixth naval district.
If the gas attack was deliberate, as
most officials believed, it constitutes
a new and ingenious form of "fright
fulness," and, so far as has been re
ported, was the first direct effort of
the German raiders to harm persons or
property on American shores.
Mustard Gas Effect Koted.
The gas was said by the commandant
of the coast guard station to have
much the same effect as the mustard
Progress of the War.
(By the Associated Press.)
ALTHOUGH the Germans are em
ploying fresh forces of reserves in
efforts to hold back the allied troops
who are pressing them from the region
of the Somme to trie Oise, the Amer
ican, British. and French armies con
tinue to make progress.
Yesterday witnessed gains of ground
at various points along the battlefront
of high importance for the further
prosecution of the endeavors of the
allies to drive out the Germans from
the old Amieos-Montdldier sector.
After an extremely bitter contest the
Americans and British have gained a
foothojd In the important little town of
Bray-sur-Somme on the northern bank
of the Somme. A short distance across
the river to the south the British have
taken Proyart, which has resulted in
the further outflanking of Chaulnes
from the south and of Roye from the
north.
The French In " the rolling country
Immediately north of the Oise River
have captured Gury, a position of great
strategic;, value, lying southwest of
Lassigny. and at several other points
southward to the region of the Oise
have advanced their line further toward
Noyon.
In' yesterday's fighting hundreds of
additional Germans were made prisoner
and the enemy also lost heavily In
men killed or wounded. Unofficial
reports give the number of Germans
captured-during the present offensive
as In the neighborhood of 40.000.
The Germans at last accounts were
still' throwing reinforcements to the
east of the road running . through
Chaldnes, -Roye and Noyon, the passage
of which by the allies would seriously
menace all the German forces Inside
the pocket formed by the omme. on
the north and east and the Oise on the
south. Not only are the allies endeav
oring to press their advantage by
frontal attacks but they have drawn
up to their back, lines guns of medium
and heavy calibers and with these they
are heavily shelling the are-s.
Seemingly the advances by the
French troops on the southern part of
the line cannot but have an extremely
important effect on the present battle.
The hill positions they have gained
not only dominate the Oise Valley run
ning northeastward to Noyon, but
around Lassigny. also give them a
sweep of the plains south of Roye.
Aside from the . Amiens-Montdidler
sector little fighting has taken place
on any of the fronts. Along the Vesle
the Germans have again delivered vio
lent counter attacks against the Amer
icans and French who are holding
ground on the north, bank of the
stream. As on previous occasions
when the enemy attempted to dislodge
the allied troops the counter attacks
failed.
REIGN OF TERROR
MENACES
RUSSIA
VACANT HOUSES IN
PORTLAND ARE FEW
CITY IS PRACTICALLY MINUS
DWELLINGS UNUSED.
Bolsheviki May Take
Extreme Action.
UKRAINE SITUATION TRAGIC
Mailcarrier Finds Two in 660 Cn-
occupied Showing Remarkable
for Town of 300,000.
The scarcity of vacant houses in
Portland is shown in a"recent survey
made by mail carriers under direction
of Postmaster Myers. There are 62
vacant houses on the West Side, of
which only 23 are in good condition, the
survey shows. Routes on the Bast Side
Germanv Continues to Over- brought a sughtiy higher proportion,
COUntrY Wltn irOODS. temporarily out of use.
I tM-W . . - . - . . . . . .
ror a city or juu.uuu it migni do
said that there are no vacant houses, '
said Mr. Myers. "The few that are un
occupied are merely the usual turn
over. Last year at this time our re
ports showed about one house in six
vacant. This morning a carrier re
ported that of 660 houses on his route
Captured Teutons Reported to Have only two were vacant."
Apartment-houses as well are filled
BRITISH MB.
WRECKS BICES
Loss of Somms Crossings
Serious to Huns.
NATIVE REPRISALS SAVAGEj
Been Burned Alive; Soviet
Makes Mass Arrests
in Petrograd.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 12. (Speclal.)-
to the limit, it is reported. The great
ly increased amount of mail matter to
be handled by a limited number of car
riers is causing the postal department
anxiety. The volume has increased
from 15 to 20 per cent in the past 12
months, it is said. Thirty-five women
carriers are helninc in take rare of the
On a plea of being unable to restore new Dua!nea others will be put on
any semblance of order In the country from time to time, says the postmaster.
until the peasants have been wholly
disarmed, Germany continues to pour
troops into the Ukraine.
t la heinar attended
iTVnllAi n t Aeirkrla Thvnirn Tnln Sff
by considerable difficulty from the
FISH NEARLY COSTS LIFE
fact that the peasants operate In widely
separated bands.
The Germans are meeting resistance
BRITISH' BOMB HUN TOWNS
Airp'ancs Attack Factory at Frank
fort; Mclz and Hagenau Hit.
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.)
LONDON, Aug. 12. An official com
munication issued by the Air Ministry
tonight dealing with bombing and
raiding operations says that, despite the
unfavorable weatner, British airplanes
successfully attacked an airplane and
chemical works at Frankrort.
Other squadrons attacked the rail
ways at Metz and an airdrome at
Hagenau, Alsace.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Aug. 12. (By the Associated
Press.) Two enemy airdromes and
more prisoners have, been captured by
the allies. The prisoners are from
fresh Prussian and Bavarian divisions
and have been taken during the past
two hours.
Landing 50-Pound Salmon.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
with executions, but they dare move Ole Ness, a troller who fishes outside
only in considerable detachments be- mouth of the river, had a narrow
cause reprisals by the peasants are ter- afternoon He ad nooked a 50.pound
rible. oolniAn niitlAil I i.n a Vi ex Knot a nri
Captives Reported Burled Alive. Ltuck his aff lnto it. Just at tnat
It is reported that one band of peas- I moment the boat, which was running.
ants successfully resisting disarma- waa etruck by a wave and careened
ent buried their German captives over throwing Ness Into the water.
alive. I Although he was fishing alone. Nese
Food Is plentiful in the Ukranlan I managed to grab the edsre of his craft
districts that have become, pacuio aiias lt went by and, after being towed
about one-fourth Petrograd prices. I seVeral hundred feet, was able to pull
Banks have responded and have plenty himself on board. He then pulled in
of funds. I his line and secured the big fish which
Conditions in Russia proper, however, I a(j neariy cost him his life.
are unimproved, and the threat or a
1 ..I.. r.t tcrmr rlKiwm ilk the
Czechoslovak menace draws nearer MRS. SKEFFINGTON IS FREE
because the Bolsheviki believe that
without
only through terroristic measures will woman Deported From Ireland He
tne tide oe stemmed. - ml
ltfanv i.feiieetui. Arre.edT i- leascd Authorities.
" TT.ft AYftmirlnnfi Are on the Increase
j l.f.ol r,-siv tviAARnrA In 1 x.Uij-u, AU5. li. oirs. r. oneeuy
ti,. rrest of Petroerad Intel- Wellington, wno, since oer ueporta-
lectuals, who are being transported to tion from Ireland, had been detained
ITrnnnta H t Knnnression of all news- m "onoway x-riHon, imo ucen rceaseu.
- .i .,- t, ,,, n, hn I The authorities informed her that she
.i . .ijr.-fJ I IIIUBI nut reium LU iiciaiiu
A rh toward nerexif Uvine "lcIr Jioihhbbiou.
in Petrograd costs about eignt tnousana Mr8, skeffington eluded he vigilance
rubles a montn. me distribution or 0f the British police and went to Ire
food is divided- into iour categories, Iand August 3. She was arrested in
with the intellectuals at the bottom re- Dublin August 8
iceiving about one-eighth of a pound
I Three Aviators Killed
. Finn Defy Sweden. I
Finland is again assuming Its high PENSACOLA, Fla., Aug. 12. Three
tone toward Sweden on the Alands aviators attached to the training school
question, saying "Finland cannot give here were killed late today in a colli-
un the Alands and will not be oer- Blon r lnelr Pianes aDove me ciouas.
suaded to this self -amputation. Sweden Tne dad men are Justis Topp, of New
has not the slightest right to the lorlt "ra"!'. wn"eo.
Alands. and in only two ways can Fin- ald uarret a. wandevme, or Mln-
land be made to resign them, either neapolls. A rourth student in the plane,
whose name was not given out, escaped
GERMAN RETREAT DIVERTED
Rain of Shells Continues Un
checked as Teutons Turn
General Movement.
AIRPLANE FIRE IS TERRIFIC
Hand-to-Hand Fighting Re
ported on Chaulnes-Noyon
Front; Foe Yields Slowly.
LONDON", Aug. 12. The allied
troops fighting today in the region
between the Somme and the Oise made
further progress east of Fouquescourt
and on the south bank of the Somme
and also captured the village of Pro
yart, south of Bray, according to Field
Marshal Haig's communication issued
this morning. Hundreds of Germans
were made prisoner and the Germans
also suffered heavy casualties.
PARIS, Aug. 12. There has been
desperate hand-to-hand fighting dur
ing the last two days on the Chaulnes-Roye-Lassigny-Noyon
front. The
Germans are defending the ground
inch by inch, intent on saving the
bulk of the armies of Generals Von
Der Marwitz and Von Hutier which
are retreating in the direction of Nesle
and Ham."
The allies' pressure has not been di
minished, but the Germans have
brought up reserves temporarily de
laying the progress of the allies.
Solid occupation by the infantry and
artillery in Chaulnes and Roye would
be a critical situation for the Germans
in their retreat. Light elements of
cavalry and cyclists already have pen
etrated both points, but permanent
occupation by the allies and their con
trol of the roads leading to Nesle and
Ham have not yet been obtained. The
objectives undoubtedly will have to
be taken by storm.
(Concluded on Pago 8. Column 2.)
death.
SEED WHEAT DEMANDED
Appeal for Restrictions on Export I
Made to Senators.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 11. An ap-l
peal for restriction on milling and ex
porting of wheat suitable for seeding
purposes and for financial aid for
drought-stricken farmers of Eastern I
Washington was voiced in a telegram I
sent tonight to Senators Poindexterl
and Jones, of this state, by repre
sentatives of the Spokane Chamber of I
Commerce, the state seed committee,!
the State Farmers' Union and ' the!
State Grange at the close of a con
ference here today of representatives I
of these organizations.
ICoaciuded on ri 3, Column 1)
KNITTING NEEDLES HALTED
War Industries Board Orders Sur
vey of Tarn Supplies.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 J. Hand knit
ting for the soldiers and sailors is to I
be checked until the War Industries I
Board can .survey stocks and ascertain
whether there is enough woolen and I
worsted in the country for Winter I
uniforms and overcoats.
The board today directed spinners to 1
discontinue manufacturing woolen and
worsted yarns for hand knitting and I
the shipment of yarns or wool until
further notice.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 80
degrees; minimum, ou aegrces.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer; gentle winds.
mostly normeny. '
War.
Score of vessels sunk by German Uboats.
Page 1.
British artillery pounds away at Chaulnes
and bridges across Somme. Fage 1.
Gury Is occupied by French forces after
savage fighting. Fage 1.
Official casualty list. Page 2.
Germans explain defeat. Page 3.
Foreign.
Reign of terror menaces Russia. Page 1.
Bolshevlklsra toppling in Russia. Page 2.
British and Japanese reinforce Czecho
slovaks. Page 2.
War welcomed by United Germany, says
raiser s dentist. Fage 4.
Rational.
Draft legislation to fie rushed. Page 12.
Domestic
I University Club San Francisco bars Bearst
papers. a.
I Haywood has uncomfortable day as witness.
Page 3.
Ex-Governor of Texas denies allegeti -esso-
, cintlon with Dernberg. Page 6.
Anna Held, musical comedy star, dead.
Fage 4.
' racirle Northwest.
"Conscientious objector" at Camp Lewis
gets 30 years. Page 3.
Sports.
Cornfoot protest Is upheld: game won by
Standlfer must be Teplayed. Fage 11.
Four Portland boxers to appear In Labor
day matches. Fage 11.
Tennis stars meet. Page 11.
- ' Marine. .
Contract for 600 ship.-' winches let to Port
land lirm. " Fage 111.
Commercial and Marine. '
Wheat movement to Portland unusually
heavy. Fage is.
Corn sharply higher at Chicago owing to
hot weatner reports. - Fage 10.
Rails are strong feature of Wall Street
market. Fage la.
New high record price for hogs at Port
land stock yaras. Fage la.
Portland and Vicinity.
Civil War nurses will be honored at 'coming
G. A. R. encampment. Fage 8.
Cochran and Jones Republican aides. Page S.
Food officials to check sugar sales. Page IB.
Prices of salmon may remain unchanged.
Page B.
Marking of door-jambs exciting people.
Fage 10.
Bennett Thompson, escaped convict, recap
tured. Fage 9.
Services of volunteer registrars In demand.
Page 8.
I City Is practically minus vacant houses, aays
Postmaster. Fage 1.
Only men of superlative grit are wanted in
Tank Corps. Fage 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 12. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The British guns are
hammering Chaulnes, while cannon of
larger caliber are coming all the time.
They are also pounding away at the
bridges across the Somme at Bcthen-
court.
The shelling of the bridges here Is
a serious matter for the enemy, as
bombs from the air arc continually
being dropped by British airplanes
from a low altitude at the bridges in
the Peronne district. This bombing
has been going on day and night since
the battle began, forcing the Germans
to divert their transport, so that the'
general movement was southeast. Now
his bridges to the southeast are under
heavy fire.
With the comparatively small force
of Americans there has been no real
heavy fighting today.
Germans in Old Dugouts.
At many places along the new front,
especially just south of the Somme,
the Germans are occupying the old
line dugouts built by the French more
than two years ago. The Germans
have concentrated artillery at many
places and today are sending in more
shells than on any day since the battle
began. Lihons was heavily shelled.
A party of cavalry charging down
the Roye road ran into the cross-fire
of large German pillboxes studded.
with machine guns, just this side of
Roye, and received a check, but the .
Germans who happened to get the
opportunity -to do this execution paid
the extreme penalty later.
Today the resistance by the enemy
had been stiffening progressively, but
his troops appear to be nervous and
apprehensive of what the future holds
out for them and what the allies in
tend to do. In order to feel out the
allied forces it is expected that further
heavy counter attacks may be
launched by the enemy.
Four Machines Shot Down.
An aerial observer coming into his
station shot down four machines. In
the same fighting a British pilot
chased one enemy plane to earth and
was swooping down to finish off his
antagonist when the man climbed out
of his machine and held up his hands
in token of surrender.
"So I didn't kill him," the British
tCvncluUeil on Fage U, Column 3.)
t
m 101.2.